Ready for your running world to be rocked? Let me introduce you to the magic of a dynamic warm-up, like my genius physical therapist, Amy Benton, Chief Clinical Officer at Prime Performance P.T. in Portland, did for me. According [...]
by Amanda Ryan Fear Running is often our escape from the demands of everyday life, our chance for a little peace and quiet amid the chaos. If you’re like me though, it’s anything but quiet inside your head on [...]
Don’t let nerves get the best of you, whether on a long training run or in a race. Instead, harness those “butterflies” and let them lead you to success. That’s what two of our BAMRbassadors do, thanks to some [...]
T.S. Eliot must not have been a marathon runner as he thought April is the cruellest [sic] month. If a runner had written “The Waste Land,” it would assert that August is the toughest time as it often involves running [...]
On foot: It’s the ideal way to see a new-for-you place—and when you proceed at a running pace, you can see so much more! Yet there are a lot of details and logistics to figure out when planning a [...]
One silver lining about being injured (this is SBS): no chafing. Yet now I’m back among the running (I did 5 miles on Saturday!) just in time for sweaty summertime. Since it’s been a while, I need to remind [...]
Last month on the Another Mother Runner Facebook page, Billy Jo lamented that she’s been “experiencing the runner's trots” on half-marathon training runs. She wrote: “There are times I can barely make it home without feeling like I'm going [...]
Welcome to the third installment of our Ask the P.T. column, in which we will get input and insight from Christy Diller, an Ohio-based physical therapist, mom of four, and track coach. Christy definitely knows her stuff, but a [...]
Welcome to the second installment of our Ask the P.T. column, in which we will get input and insight from Christy Diller, an Ohio-based physical therapist, mom of four, and track coach. Christy definitely knows her stuff, but a [...]
Living in the Pacific Northwest, you often hear runners reassuring each other, “It’s not like you’ll melt!” So true: Humans are not the Wicked Witch of the West; we don’t melt when we get wet. It only sometimes feels [...]
